2011

Phish Super Ball IX: Setlist & Skinny – 7/3

We’ve reached the end of Phish Super Ball IX, which concludes after two sets tonight at Watkins Glen International racetrack in Watkins Glen, NY. On Saturday the band provided a marathon days worth of music with four sets by the time they called it a night.

[Photo by Andy Hill]


I’ll be reporting live from SBIX for @YEMblog so be sure to follow along. You can also stream the show through Bunny Radio on Sirius/XM’s Jam_ON radio. READ ON for tonight’s setlist and The Skinny…

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Conspirator Plans Fall Tour

Conspirator, the full band featuring Marc Brownstein and Aron Magner of the Disco Biscuits, guitarist Chris Michetti, and a cast of the live music scene’s best drummers, has announced a

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Phish Super Ball IX Setlist & The Skinny: 7/1

We’ve reached the start of Super Ball IX, the ninth Phish festival since 1996. The three-day concert takes place at Watkins Glen International racetrack in Watkins Glen, NY and kicks off with two sets this evening.

[Dusk after Soundcheck, Photo by Patrick Jordan]


Sam Davis of Dog Gone Blog will be reporting live from the event for @YEMblog, so be sure to follow along. You can also listen to tonight’s show on over Bunny Radio which will be simulcast over Sirius/XM’s Jam ON. READ ON for the setlist and The Skinny for Night One of Super Ball IX…

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F4tF: Chicago on the Fourth of July

First off, I want to wish everyone out there a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July.  For everyone up at Watkins Glen for Superball IX, have a blast and bring back some great stories!

As for me, I will be in the windy city, hanging with some friends and knocking a couple of things off of my bucket list.


More on Wrigley field in a bit.  The main reason for my visit to Chicago this time is to have dinner at Alinea. For those who don’t know, Alinea was named best restaurant in North America (for the second straight year) and 6th best restaurant in the world in the S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2011 (up one from #7 in 2010).  Dining at Alinea is one of the items on my bucket list that I will be crossing off on this trip.

Here is what S. Pellegrino had to say about Alinea:

Alinea represents one of the most radical re-imaginings of fine food by any chef in American history and has propelled Grant Achatz to chef superstardom.

Everything about his restaurant is unique, from the deconstructed food, unfamiliar flavour combinations and theatre to the tableware, with dishes served in and on all manner of implements: test tubes, cylinders, multi-layered bowls that come apart. It’s boundary-shifting stuff.

I had a chance last year to dine at Alinea and was unable to due to logistics and timing, no way I was passing up the chance a second time! READ ON for more on Jon’s trip…

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